Escalante Kicks Off 2017 Fall Fundraiser to Earn a 3D Printer!

Please consider supporting Escalante's vision of purchasing a 3D Printer through our fall fundraiser. Students were given a packet Wednesday, November 1. If each student at Escalante sells only 3 items, we will make enough money to purchase the 3D Printer that will be available to all students at EMS! Our fundraiser ends November 15, 2017. Thank you for helping us make our goal!

Even though 3D printers have beenaround for almost 30 years, the recentrise of low-cost printers has led someto proclaim the onset of a newindustrial revolution. Schools andlibraries all over the world are bringingthese powerful tools to students inclassrooms and dedicated “makerspaces”where they are accompaniedby other fabrication tools. For example, China is putting 3D printers in each of its 400,000elementary schools. In the U.S., we are adding 3D printers into schools at a good rate, particularly intoCAD programs, but also into traditional art and social studies classrooms and even business programs.Even President Obama, in his 2013 State of the Union Address, highlighted 3D printing as somethingthat could fuel new high-tech jobs in the United States.If 3D printing is starting a new industrial revolution, it is well on its way to revolutionizing teaching andlearning as well. The result of bringing these tools into classrooms is a rekindling of the powerfulpedagogy of hands-on learning, which was prevalent in American schools mid-twentieth century. Aswe will demonstrate, 3D printing leverages hands-on learning to deepen our educational approach totraditional academic subjects.There are two aspects of teaching and learning that are addressed by 3D printing—the content of asubject area, and the pedagogy, the teaching and learning method to convey that content. In this whitepaper, we will look how content and pedagogy are converging in today’s most promising educationmovements and the role that 3D printing plays in supporting these critical shifts. (eSchoolNews.com)